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(More customer reviews)I purchased these for a rather old but still practical Schwinn Premis that I use for tooling around the neighborhood, making grocery runs, etc. Of course if you park any bike with conventional quick-release skewers and leave it unattended, you are just asking to have your wheels stolen. While the Zefal locking hubs may not be the most secure skewers money can buy, they are inexpensive and don't require any extra tools to use. More importantly, my wheels have not been stolen.
I believe the primary difference between just using regular quick-release skewers and Zefal skewers is a psychological one. With unsecured quick-release skewers, taking your wheels is a crime of opportunity, since the wheels are just there for the taking with essentially zero effort. But with the Zefal skewers, a potential thief has to put at least some effort into taking them. Most will probably tug on the lever, find that it will not release, maybe tug a bit more forcefully, then decide it's not worth it. They may not be as secure as Pinheads, for example, but they do not require me to carry or keep track of yet another key for my bike, and they seem to be doing the job they were intended to do.
In the end, any security mechanism can be defeated given enough motivation. Thankfully I believe the average street thug is not that clever or motivated. If I lived in a place where bike theft would be considered rampant, like say New York City, I would probably go for something less convenient and more secure. But I don't, so the Zefals are fine for me.
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Skewer set for front and rear wheel. Prevents theft of wheels while bike locked up. Bike must be flipped upside down to unlock. Patented system keeps skewer from being turned to open.
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